Our Trip (Second Edition)

Here are a bunch of pictures from the second half of our trip.

After we got back from Chicago, we headed to Manhattan. Here is Grandpa J and Asher at one of our favorite restaurants ever, Fourth Street Cafe.

After lunch we played at the new and improved City Park playground and then headed to Java for drinks. Addilyn is helping me finish off the always delicious Mango Berry Freeze.

Tyler looking studly in Aggieville.

We also wandered through the KSU campus.

After a very late night in Manhattan, we headed on to Kearney, NE to visit my parents. Here Addilyn and Belle are bonding.

Addilyn & Tyler took a walk around the block with Grandpa B & Belle. (Courtney, can you hear her screaming as she runs?)

"Sky!"

Addilyn picked her first strawberry from Grandma B's strawberry patch.

We stopped by my grandparents' house on our way back to El Dorado. Here is Asher's first visit with his Great Grandpa Bert.

Great Grandma Audrey

Tyler washed the van on Saturday morning. Addilyn helped.

Asher and Courtney watched for a while.

Addilyn took a break to ride the neighbor's John Deere push tractor.

Snack time.

Nap time.

Bath time.

Aunt Courtney did a lesson in hair styling for Erin.

Our Trip Thus Far (in no particular order, cause I'm a little lazy)

Asher at the airport

Asher on the plane

Asher in Chicago


Rain in Chicago

Sometimes Erin's glutenous

At Navy Pier

The city was cloudy on Tuesday

Again, at Navy Pier

Erin barely escaped the giant pteradactyl that was swooping down to get her as she was taking this picture.

Dunkin Donuts, for me and Asher

The best pizza ever, EVER!

Mmmm

Go here if you are in Chicago

Asher makes it hard to blog sometimes. His gaze pierces the soul.

Back in Chicago, on the El

On the plane to Chicago

Lily, Courtney, Asher

Oliver was flying

Addilyn helped me drum last Sunday.

Itinerary

We leave for Kansas (and Illinois and Nebraska) in a couple of hours and I thought I'd clue you all in to where we'll be and when. We are heading to El Dorado tonight and should get there sometime between 1 and 3am. We'll stay there and hang out with Tyler's family until Monday morning with a jaunt up to Topeka for Tyler's Tae Kwon Do testing on Friday evening and all Saturday. Addilyn will stay with Tyler's parents (and Aunt Courtney) and the rest of us will head to Kansas City and then fly out to Chicago. We'll run around Chicago for a couple of days and then return to Kansas City on Wednesday morning. Tyler, Asher and I will meet up with Addilyn in Manhattan and enjoy that area for the day. The four of us will then head on to my parents' late that evening. We'll hang out with my parents in Kearney, NE all Thursday and then leave to see my grandparents on Friday morning. After stopping in Mankato, KS, we'll head back to El Dorado before heading all the way back to Texas on early Sunday morning. Out of breath? So am I.

So these pictures have nothing to do with what I want to post about but they're cute and I wanted to put them on.

2 Months

Asher was 2 months old yesterday. He had his 2-month appointment this morning. He weighed in at 14 pounds, 10 ounces and is 24 inches long. That means he's gained just shy of 4 pounds in the last 2 months. He's doing good all the way around. He did really good throughout the entire appointment. He was even smiling at the doctor while she checked him out. And then came the immunizations. I was expecting him to get really mad about the shots but the oral rotavirus vaccine was actually probably the worst of it all. He screamed about that... a lot. Now he's sleeping peacefully.

Happy 2-Month Asher!!!

The New Do

I finally got my new Mommy do. Hooray!! It's a bit shorter than I intended but I like it nonetheless. So we need your votes: straight or curly?

Asher

Here's an update on Asher. He's growing like crazy and changing every day. Here are some new pictures.

He still is sleeping quite a bit. He's starting to figure out how to go to sleep on his own, without us holding him or rocking him; we're really excited. Here he's sleeping on Daddy and I'm enjoying my two shirtless boys.


This boy loves to see and watch things. He gets mad when left on his back or belly because he can't see all that's going on. We will often prop him up so he can see just to pacify him. Here he's propped up and chilling with Diddy (which Addilyn brought over and set beside him).



Here's a fun fact: Asher means happy in Hebrew. It seems to be a pretty good name for him because he's a pretty happy kid. He loves to smile at people. He loves to talk and be talked to. Here he's showing us his happy face while seated in his new favorite spot, the Bumbo.

Oodles of Pictures

As promised last week, we took lots of pictures this week. Here is what we did all week:

I started helping Mommy prepare dinners. I also like to help out when she's washing dishes or basically any other time she might be in the kitchen and I have an excuse to play with water in the sink.

Asher slept quite a bit (as usual). Look how cute he is all stretched out on the couch.


I'm strutting my stuff and toting around my nigh' nigh'. This is what I like to do most mornings.

Asher is giving the camera the stare-down.

Daddy likes to play with my hair while I'm in the tub. Check out this do.

And this one. This is Mommy's favorite.

Asher got a new set of shades this week. Here he's sporting them while chilling in the sling. Super cool.

Last week we went and used our apartment complex's pool for the first time this season. I wore my super-cute new swimsuit from Grandma J and Aunt Courtney.

Dunk. (This picture makes Daddy really nervous but don't worry; I come back up)

More playing in the pool.

Daddy and Asher enjoyed more of the Einstein book he's been working on while I was napping. It was a nice day so they read outside.

Asher enjoyed his view of the dining room. He likes to be able to see things and will fuss a lot if he doesn't have something interesting to look at.

On Sunday morning Asher and I cuddled with Daddy while Mommy was getting ready for church. That is one comfy bed.

That's it for now. Talk to you again soon.